Scam
We've curated 77 cybersecurity statistics about Scam to help you understand how deceptive schemes like phishing and impersonation are evolving in 2025, making it crucial for individuals and businesses to stay vigilant against these growing threats.
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86% of consumers require a password, PIN, or other method to unlock their smartphone.
69% of consumers said they had never had an online account taken over by scammers.
Of all Americans, 9% lost money to a cyberattack or digital scam.
81% of consumers use multifactor authentication (MFA) to log in to at least one online account.
53% of iPhone users have fallen victim to a scam. This compares to 48% of Android users who have fallen victim to a scam.
New types of scams reported included toll road scams, which accounted for 3% of all reported scams.
Google Voice scams decreased by 84 percentage points and made up 9% of all scam reports.
The top methods of identity compromise reported were due to PII being shared in a scam, stolen documents with personal information, and unauthorized access to a computer or mobile device.
Job scams dropped by 31 percentage points and totalled 10% of all scam reports
Impersonation scams were the top reported type of scam to the ITRC, showing a 148-percentage-point increase year-over-year.
There was a 41-percentage-point decrease in victims reporting their PII was shared in a scam.
51% of impersonation scams impersonated a general business.
51% of impersonation scams impersonated a general business.
21% of impersonation scams impersonated a financial institution.
Generic scams accounted for 51% of reports submitted to the Norton Genie scam detector.
Phishing now makes up nearly 32% of all scam submissions to the Norton Genie scam detector platform.
Reports of phishing scams rose by a staggering 466% compared to the previous quarter.
Fake Browser Update Scams grew to over 17 times the previous quarter's levels. This type of scam is a form of Scam-Yourself Attack that tricks people into installing malware under the guise of browser updates.
Reports of phishing scams rose by a staggering 466% compared to the previous quarter.
75% of consumers are worried about scam emails using AI to trick people into giving away passwords or money.